Vaccine Trials

• Halifax trial of Canadian-made COVID-19 vaccine having trouble finding participants

  'The rollout program for the vaccine is ahead of schedule, which means there are less people who would be eligible for a clinical trial.'

  Canada

  May 27, 2021
  
• Three COVID-19 vaccine prototypes are being tested in Halifax

  There are three COVID-19 vaccine trials underway in Halifax, part of Canada's effort to strengthen our country’s response to the pandemic and to protect the health of Canadians.

  Health

  Apr 9, 2021
  
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• How Pfizer’s and Moderna’s mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccines work

  A vaccine has the potential to protect many people from this devastating virus, but it will take time for it to work, says Julian Daniel Sunday Willett.

  Commentary

  Nov 22, 2020
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• How COVID-19 vaccines are being tested in clinical trials

  But what is a Phase 3 clinical study? Charles Weijer, professor at Western University, explains.

  Commentary

  Sep 27, 2020
• Moving ‘too quickly’ on coronavirus vaccine comes with risks: WHO

  Although every country had the right to approve drugs without completing full trials, "it is not something that you do very lightly," WHO said.

  Health

  Aug 31, 2020
• Canada-China COVID-19 vaccine trials abandoned: National Research Council

  The CanSino vaccine intended for phase one clinical trials has not been approved by Chinese customs for shipment to Canada.

  Health

  Aug 27, 2020
• Summer could decide frontrunners in race for COVID-19 vaccine

  People on six continents already are getting jabs in the arm as the race for a COVID-19 vaccine enters a defining summer, with even bigger studies poised to prove if any shot really works -- and maybe offer a reality check.

  Health

  Jun 28, 2020
• Coronavirus vaccine trial shows promising results ahead of Canadian tests

  The findings land just before researchers at Dalhousie University test the same vaccine in Halifax in the upcoming weeks.

  World

  May 22, 2020
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• Over 10,000 to receive potential COVID-19 vaccine in U.K. as tests expand

  British researchers testing an experimental vaccine against the new coronavirus aim to immunize more than 10,000 people to find out if it works.

  Health

  May 22, 2020